Senior Software Engineer, AI Ecosystems (Auth0)

Overview

Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology, anywhere, on any device or app. Our flexible and neutral products, Okta Platform and Auth0 Platform, provide secure access, authentication, and automation, placing identity at the core of business security and growth.

At Okta, we celebrate a variety of perspectives and experiences. We are not looking for someone who checks every single box - we’re looking for lifelong learners and people who can make us better with their unique experiences. Join our team! We’re building a world where Identity belongs to you. At Okta, we’re building the next generation of authentication for the Agentic AI era. We’re looking for a Senior Engineer to join our AI Ecosystems team – a group of product-minded, deeply technical engineers delivering features to allow our customers to leverage the current Agentic ecosystem and engage their developer and partner base, in a world increasingly powered by artificial intelligence. This is a great opportunity for a Senior engineer who thrives in collaborative environments, is eager to grow their technical depth, and wants to build scalable systems that solve real-world security problems. Auth0 Emerging Tech is the Engineering organization where we take care of the hottest technology out there: we ship fast, we don't break things. We are a dynamic and collaborative distributed and diverse team. We value ownership, learning and innovation.

What will you do:

• Bring expertise in identity and security while building innovative features and standards that will expose the Agentic AI ecosystem to our customers and their userbase.
• Build and maintain scalable services using TypeScript, NodeJS, and PostgreSQL/MongoDB.
• Collaborate with other product managers, designers, and senior engineers to deliver features that allow our customers to cover their developer and partner needs of integrating with their APIs and products.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code, and participate in code reviews and system design discussions.
• Contribute to observability and alerting systems to ensure reliability and performance of our services.
• Continuously learn and grow by working alongside experienced engineers on complex distributed systems.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Solid programming experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and familiarity with NodeJS runtime environments.
• Practical experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (preferably Postgres and MongoDB).
• The ability to write well-tested, good quality code.
• An enjoyment of working in an iterative development environment.
• The ability to work well with technical and non-technical people to deliver high-value results.
• Excellence when working autonomously, knowing when to seek help from team members.
• A systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.
• Experience and understanding of architecture principles across infrastructure platforms, security, data, integration, and application layers.
• Experience working on resilient products that can scale.

Bonus points for:

• Understanding of IAM Concepts
• Experience with using AI Agents, to better understand the problem space we operate in
• Experience creating and maintaining public and secure APIs.
• Curiosity about AI and its intersection with identity and security.
• Experience working on Identity and Access Management software and concepts
• Knowledge of observability tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or OpenTelemetry.

Location and Compensation

Below is the annual salary range for candidates located in Canada. Your actual salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP with a match, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program, please visit: https://rewards.okta.com/can.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in Canada is between:

$136,000 — $187,000 CAD

What you can look forward to as a Full-Time Okta employee!

• Amazing Benefits
• Making Social Impact
• Developing Talent and Fostering Connection + Community at Okta

Okta cultivates a dynamic work environment, providing the best tools, technology and benefits to empower our employees to work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs. Each organization is unique in the degree of flexibility and mobility in which they work so that all employees are enabled to be their most creative and successful versions of themselves, regardless of where they live. Find your place at Okta today! https://www.okta.com/company/careers/.

Some roles may require travel to one of our office locations for in-person onboarding.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Okta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, or status as a protected veteran. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and convictions records, consistent with applicable laws.

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